This Fourth Edition of the State-by-State Risk Index serves as a guide for companies concerned about execution secrecy laws and the implications for commercial enterprises and public health. The Index…
Jennifer RobertsMay 2, 2024
On January 31, 2024, five manufacturers of medicines that are misused in lethal injection protocols collectively filed an amicus brief to state their deep concern about South Carolina’s secrecy law…
Jennifer RobertsApril 11, 2024
This Third Edition of the State-by-State Risk Index serves as a guide for companies concerned about execution secrecy laws and the implications for commercial enterprises and public health. The Index…
Jennifer RobertsFebruary 8, 2023
On 21 November, Alabama announced that all executions in the state will be halted pending a top to bottom review of the state’s execution protocol. The Governor directed the Attorney…
Jennifer RobertsNovember 25, 2022
In May 2022, Tennessee’s Republican Governor Bill Lee imposed an official moratorium on the death penalty while an independent review of the lethal injection protocol is carried out. This announcement…
Jennifer RobertsNovember 25, 2022
In March 2022, state officials in Louisiana said that they are unwilling to use manufactured medicines in lethal injection executions. Corrections Secretary James LeBlanc testified in court that the state…
Jennifer RobertsNovember 25, 2022
A federal judge in Las Vegas is holding a series of hearings to assess whether Nevada’s new lethal injection protocol is constitutional. Nevada officials are seeking to use an experimental…
Marta BylicaDecember 20, 2021
The House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is demanding answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) about whether Biden administration officials have any plans to procure or use…
Marta BylicaDecember 16, 2021
A lawsuit filed in Oklahoma County District Court challenges the Oklahoma DOC’s refusal to disclose critical information about the substances used in the state’s lethal injection executions. The plaintiff, Fred…
Marta BylicaNovember 9, 2021